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TABLE OF CONTENTS
This manual page contains the following sections:
1. Commands and Application Programs
2. System Calls
3. Subroutines and Libraries
4. File Formats
5. Miscellaneous Features
6. Communications Protocols
7. System Special Files
8. System Maintenance Procedures
1. Commands and Application Programs
intro ..... introduction to system maintenance commands and application programs
intro ........................ introduction to commands and application programs
accept ............................................... allow/prevent LP requests
acct .............. overview of accounting and miscellaneous accounting commands
acctcms .................... command summary from per-process accounting records
acctcom ............................ search and print process accounting file(s)
acctcon ................................................ connect-time accounting
acctmerg ................................... merge or add total accounting files
acctprc ..................................................... process accounting
acctsh ......................................... shell procedures for accounting
admin ......................................... create and administer SCCS files
ar ........................ archive and library maintainer for portable archives
as ........................................................... MC88000 assembler
asa .................................. interpret ASA carriage control characters
at ...................................... execute DG/UX commands at a later time
att_dump ........................ dump parts of an object or object archive file
att_stty ........................................ set the options for a terminal
awk ................................... pattern scanning and processing language
banner ............................................................ make posters
basename ........................................ deliver portions of path names
bc ..................................... arbitrary-precision arithmetic language
bcs_cat . type hosts, networks, passwd, protocols, group or services information
bdiff ................................................................. big diff
berk_diff .................. Berkeley differential file and directory comparator
berk_diff3 ......................... Berkeley 3-way differential file comparison
berk_stty ................................................. set terminal options
bfs ........................................................... big file scanner
cal ............................................................. print calendar
calendar ...................................................... reminder service
captoinfo ............ convert a termcap description into a terminfo description
cat .............................. concatenate and type files to standard output
cb ........................................................ C program beautifier
cc ......................................................... C language compiler
cd .................................................... change working directory
cdc ............................... change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta
cflow .................................................... generate C flow graph
checkmm .................. checks documents formatted with mm macros, eqn or tbl
chgtinfo ........................ create a temporary version of a terminfo entry
chmod ................................................ change the mode of a file
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chown .................................................... change owner or group
chroot ..................................... change root directory for a command
chrtbl ................. generate character classification and conversion tables
ci ...................................................... check in RCS revisions
clear .................................................... clear terminal screen
clri ............................................................... clear inode
cmp .......................................................... compare two files
co ..................................................... check out RCS revisions
col .................................................. filter reverse line-feeds
comb ....................................................... combine SCCS deltas
comm ......................... select or reject lines common to two sorted files
config ...................................................... configure a system
cp .................................................... copy, link or move files
cpd ......... change or view the allocation limits for a control point directory
cpio ............................................. copy file archives in and out
cpp ................................................ the C language preprocessor
cprs ............................................. compress a common object file
crash .................................................... examine system images
cron ............................................................... clock agent
crontab ............................................. user crontab file in DG/UX
crypt ............................................................ encode/decode
csh ................ invoke a shell (command interpreter) having a C-like syntax
csplit ........................................................... context split
ct ............................................ spawn getty to a remote terminal
ctags ....................................................... create a tags file
ctrace ...................................................... C program debugger
cu .................................................... call another UNIX system
cut ............................. cut out selected fields of each line of a file
cxref ....................................... generate C program cross-reference
date .................................................... print and set the date
dbx ................................................................... debugger
dc ............................................................. desk calculator
dd ..................................................... convert and copy a file
deblock ................................................... change blocking size
delta .................................... make a delta (change) to an SCCS file
deroff ............................. remove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs
devnm .............................................................. device name
df ................................ report number of free disk blocks and inodes
dg_fsdb ............................................. DG/UX file system debugger
di10 ................................ Postprocessor for the IMAGEN laser printer
diff .............................................. differential file comparator
diff3 ....................................... 3-way differential file comparison
diffmk .......................................... mark differences between files
dircmp .................................................... directory comparison
dis ................................................... object code disassembler
diskman ................. menu interface for managing physical and logical disks
diskusg ............................... generate disk accounting data by user id
du ........................................................ summarize disk usage
dump .............................................. incremental file system dump
dump2 ........................................... incremental file system backup
dump2label ................................ read and write labels for dump tapes
dumpfs ...................................... dump DG/UX file system information
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echo ............................................................ echo arguments
ed ................................................................. text editor
edit .............................. text editor (variant of ex for casual users)
enable .............................................. enable/disable LP printers
env ...................................... set environment for command execution
eqn ............................ format mathematical equations in text for troff
ex ................................................................. text editor
expr ....................................... evaluate arguments as an expression
factor ......................................................... factor a number
fez ................................................. display file element sizes
file ....................................................... determine file type
filesave .......................... daily/weekly DG/UX system file system backup
find ................................................................ find files
fold ............................ fold long lines for finite width output device
frec .......................................... recover files from a backup tape
fsck ................ DG/UX file system consistency check and interactive repair
fsdb ...................................................... file system debugger
fsirand ................................ install random inode generation numbers
fsplit ............................................... split f77 or ratfor files
fuser ........................ identify processes using a file or file structure
fwtmp .................................... manipulate connect accounting records
gcc .................................................... GNU C language compiler
get .............................................. get a version of an SCCS file
getopt ................................................... parse command options
getopts .................................................. parse command options
getty ..................... set terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
glossary ............................... definitions of common terms and symbols
grap ....................................... pic preprocessor for drawing graphs
grep ............................................... search a file for a pattern
groups .................................................. show group memberships
halt ........................................... stop the DG/UX System processor
head ...................................................... give first few lines
help ............................................................. Help Facility
helpadm ............................. make changes to the Help Facility database
hyphen ................................................... find hyphenated words
id .......................................... print user and group IDs and names
ident ........................................................... identify files
infocmp ............................. compare or print out terminfo descriptions
init ............................................ process control initialization
install ....................................................... install commands
ipcrm ........................... remove message, semaphore, or shared memory id
ipcs ...................... report inter-process communication facilities status
join .............................................. relational database operator
kill ....................................................... terminate a process
killall .............................................. kill all active processes
last ............................... indicate last logins of users and teletypes
ld ......................................... link editor for common object files
lex ................................. generate programs for simple lexical tasks
line ............................................................. read one line
link ..................................... exercise link and unlink system calls
lint ....................................................... a C program checker
locate ....................................... identify a command using keywords
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logger .......................................... make entries in the system log
login .................................................................. sign on
logname ......................................................... get login name
lorder ............................ find ordering relation for an object library
lp .................................. send/cancel requests to an LP line printer
lpadmin ....................................... configure the LP spooling system
lpq ............................................ spool queue examination program
lpr .............................. Send print requests to a line printer spooler
lprm .......................... remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
lpsched .................. start/stop the LP request scheduler and move requests
lpstat ................................. print LP lineprinter status information
lptermprinter ................ start printer session with 40014A Terminal Server
ls .................................................. list contents of directory
lsd ............................................... load a system dump from tape
m4 ............................................................. macro processor
machid ........................... provide truth value about your processor type
macref ......................... produce cross-reference listing for macro files
mail ........................................... send mail to users or read mail
mailx .................................... interactive message processing system
make ....................... maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs
makekey ................................................ generate encryption key
man ................................... print entries from the reference manuals
merge ..................................................... three-way file merge
mesg ................................................... permit or deny messages
mkdir ......................................................... make a directory
mkfs ...................................................... create a file system
mknod ....................................................... build special file
mkstr ....................... create an error message file by massaging C source
mm ................................ print documents formatted with the MM macros
mmt .......................................................... typeset documents
more ....................................... file perusal filter for CRT viewing
mount ........................................... mount and dismount filesystems
mt .......................................... magnetic tape manipulating program
mvdir ......................................................... move a directory
mvt ............................................. typeset view graphs and slides
ncheck ........................................... generate names from i-numbers
ndx ................................................ create a subject-page index
neqn ...................................... format mathematical tables for nroff
newform ....................................... change the format of a text file
newgrp ................................................... log in to a new group
news .......................................................... print news items
nice ............................... run a command at a higher or lower priority
nl ....................................................... line numbering filter
nm ....................................... print name list of common object file
nohup ................................ run a command immune to hangups and quits
nroff .............................................................. format text
oawk .............................. old pattern scanning and processing language
od .................................................................. octal dump
pack ................................................. compress and expand files
passwd ................................................... change login password
paste .............................................................. merge lines
pg .............................. file perusal filter for CRT terminals in DG/UX
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pic ............................. troff preprocessor for drawing simple pictures
pr ................................................................. print files
printenv ............................................. print out the environment
prof ...................................................... display profile data
profiler ....................................... DG/UX operating system profiler
prs ......................................................... print an SCCS file
ps ....................................................... report process status
ptx ............................................................. permuted index
pwck .............................................. password/group file checkers
pwd ............................................... print working directory name
ratfor ................................................ rational FORTRAN dialect
rcs ................................................. change RCS file attributes
rcsdiff .................................................. compare RCS revisions
rcsintro .......................................... introduction to RCS commands
rcsmerge ................................................... merge RCS revisions
reelexchange_intro ......... commands for reading and writing IBM and ANSI tapes
regcmp ............................................. regular expression compiler
renice ..................................... alter priority of running processes
reset .............................. reset the teletype bits to a sensible state
restore .............................. incrementally restore a DG/UX file system
rev ........................... reverse order of characters in each line of file
rlog .................. print log messages and other information about RCS files
rm ......................................... remove, delete files or directories
rmdel ......................................... remove a delta from an SCCS file
rmt ........................................... start the remote mag tape daemon
runacct ................................................... run daily accounting
sact .................................. print current SCCS file editing activity
sar ............................................. system activity report package
sar ................................................... system activity reporter
sccsdiff .................................. compare two versions of an SCCS file
sccstorcs ........................................ build RCS file from SCCS file
script ................................... make typescript of a terminal session
sdb .......................................................... symbolic debugger
sde-target ..... Print commands to reset software development environment target
sdiff .......................................... side-by-side difference program
sed .............................................................. stream editor
setmnt ................................................... establish mount table
sh ..................................... shell, the command programming language
shl ............................................... shell layer manager in DG/UX
shutdown ................................. shut down system, change system state
sifilter .................................. preprocess MC88100 assembly language
size ................................ print section sizes of common object files
sleep ........................................ suspend execution for an interval
sno ............................................ SNOBOL interpreter and compiler
sort ................................................... sort and/or merge files
spell ..................................................... find spelling errors
spline ................................................ interpolate smooth curve
split ................................................. split a file into pieces
starter ........................................ information for beginning users
strace ............................................ print STREAMS trace messages
strclean .................................. STREAMS error logger cleanup program
strerr ............................................. STREAMS error logger daemon
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strings ........... find the printable strings in an object or other binary file
strip ................. strip non-executable information from an executable file
stty ............................................ set the options for a terminal
su ........................................... become super-user or another user
subj ............................... generate a list of subjects from a document
sum ................................... print checksum and block count of a file
swapon ....................... specify additional DG/UX System device for paging
sync .................................................... update the super-block
sysadm ............................... menu-driven system administration program
sysdef ................................................ output system definition
systemid .................................. display the unique system identifier
tabs .................................................... set tabs on a terminal
taccess ........................................ initiate access to labeled tape
tail ........................................... deliver the last part of a file
tar .............................................................. tape archiver
tbl ........................................... format tables for nroff or troff
tcload ........................................ load terminal controller devices
tdisplay ......................... display label and record translation settings
tee ............................................................... pipe fitting
termprinter ...................... print a file using the 40014A Terminal Server
test .............................................. condition evaluation command
tic .......................................................... terminfo compiler
time ............................................................ time a command
timex .................. time a command; report process data and system activity
tkey ................................. set label and data translation parameters
tlabel ................................... initialize a tape with a volume label
touch ........................... update access and modification times of a file
tposn .......................................... position tape to specified file
tput ................................................... query terminfo database
tr ........................................................ translate characters
tread ................................................... read file(s) from tape
trelease ............................................ terminate access to a tape
troff .......................................... text formatting and typesetting
true ...................................................... provide truth values
tsniff ......................................... summary report of tape contents
tsort ......................................................... topological sort
tty ............................................... get the name of the terminal
tunefs ...................................... tune an existing DG/UX file system
twrite ................................................... writes a file to tape
ul .............................................................. do underlining
umask .............................................. set file-creation mode mask
uname ....................................... print name of current DG/UX system
unget ...................................... undo a previous get of an SCCS file
uniq ........................................... report repeated lines in a file
units ....................................................... conversion program
update ............ periodically update the super-blocks of mounted file systems
usage ........................ retrieve a command description and usage examples
uucheck ........................ check the uucp directories and permissions file
uucico .............................. file transport program for the uucp system
uucleanup ........................................ uucp spool directory clean-up
uucp .................................................. UNIX-to-UNIX system copy
uuencode ................. encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
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uugetty ................... set terminal type, modes, speed, and line discipline
uusched ...................... the scheduler for the uucp file transport program
uustat ..................................... uucp status inquiry and job control
uuto ...................................... public UNIX-to-UNIX system file copy
uutry ........................... try to contact remote system with debugging on
uux ...................................... UNIX-to-UNIX system command execution
uuxqt .......................................... execute remote command requests
val ......................................................... validate SCCS file
vc ............................................................. version control
vi ......................... screen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
vipw ....................................... edit the DG/UX System password file
volcopy .................................. copy file systems with label checking
wait ............................................... await completion of process
wall ........................................................ write to all users
wc .................................................................. word count
what ....................................................... identify SCCS files
whereis ....................... locate source, binary, and or manual for program
which ................................... locate a program file for csh(1) users
who ....................................................... who is on the system
whodo ........................................................ who is doing what
wmtd ................................ start the WORM magnetic tape device server
write .................................................... write to another user
xargs ........................... construct argument list(s) and execute command
xstr ...... extract strings from C programs to implement shared strings in DG/UX
yacc ............................................. yet another compiler-compiler
zdump ......................................................... time zone dumper
zic ......................................................... time zone compiler
2. System Calls
intro ........................... introduction to system calls and error numbers
_exit ..................................................... Terminate a process.
accept ......................................... accept a connection on a socket
access ................................... determine the accessibility of a file
acct ...................................... enable or disable process accounting
adjtime .......... correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
alarm ................................................ set a process alarm clock
async_daemon ....................... start a BIOD server for NFS client requests
berk_sigpause . set blocked signals and suspend process until a signal is caught
bind ................................................... bind a name to a socket
brk ....................................... Change data segment space allocation
chdir ...................... change the working directory of the calling process
chmod ..................................................... Change mode of file.
chown .................................... change user id and group id of a file
chroot ........................ change the root directory of the calling process
close ........................ close an object associated with a file descriptor
connect ...................................... initiate a connection on a socket
creat ............................ Create a new file or rewrite an existing one.
dg_decryptsessionkey decrypt conversation key with the client/server common key
dg_devctl ..................................... perform device-control functions
dg_encryptsessionkey encrypt conversation key with the client/server common key
dg_ext_errno ................. return the extended errno for the current process
dg_file_info .. get file usage information for process identified by process key
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dg_fstat ................................. Get extended file status information.
dg_getrootkey ............................................ Get root's secret key
dg_ipc_info ........................... get information about current IPCs state
dg_lcntl ......................... process a record lock request on a filehandle
dg_lock_kill ......................... Remove locks held by remote lock clients.
dg_lock_reset . reset remote file lock database, start lock reclaim grace period
dg_lock_wait ............. wait for previously delayed lock requests to complete
dg_mknod ............................................ Create a file system node.
dg_mount .................................................. Mount a file system.
dg_mstat ...................................................... Get file status.
dg_process_info .. get information about the system's currently active processes
dg_set_cpd_limits ..... Change the resource limits of a control point directory.
dg_setsecretkey .................. Store a client's secret key in the keyserver.
dg_stat .................................. Get extended file status information.
dg_sys_info ............................................. get system information
dg_unbuffered_read synchronously read data from a file without system buffering
dg_unbuffered_write Synchronously write data to a file without system buffering
dg_xtrace ............................................... extended process trace
dup ......................................... Duplicate an open file descriptor.
dup2 ............. Duplicate an open file descriptor onto a specific descriptor.
exec ............................................................ execute a file
execve ................................................. Execute a program file.
exportfs ...................... Make a directory available for mounting via NFS.
fchmod .................................................... Change mode of file.
fchown .................................. Change user id and group id of a file.
fcntl ................................................. File descriptor control.
fork ...................................................... create a new process
fstat ......................................................... Get file status.
fstatfs ............................ get information about a mounted file system
fsync .................... Synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk.
ftruncate ..................................................... Truncate a file.
getdents .............. get directory entries in a filesystem-independent format
getdomainname ...................................... Get name of current domain.
getdtablesize .... Return the number of open files the current process can have.
getegid ............................................ Get the effective-group-id.
geteuid ............................................. Get the effective-user-id.
getfh ......... Return the file handle of the export entry containing filename.
getgid .................................................. Get the real-group-id.
getgroups ................................................ get group access list
gethostid ............................... Get unique identifier of current host.
gethostname .......................................... Get name of current host.
getitimer .................. get the current state of one of the interval timers
getmsg ............................................. get a message from a stream
getpagesize .......................................... Get the system page size.
getpeername ......................................... get name of connected peer
getpgrp .................................................. Get process group ID.
getpgrp2 .................................................... Get process group.
getpid ......................................................... Get process-id.
getppid ................................................. Get parent process-id.
getpriority .................................... get process scheduling priority
getpsr ........... Return the current contents of the processor status register.
getrlimit .............................. Get system resource consumption limits.
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getrusage .......................... Get information about resource utilization.
getsockname ................................................... Get socket name.
getsockopt ............................................ Get options on a socket.
gettimeofday ................................................. get date and time
getuid ................................................... Get the real-user-id.
ioctl ......................................................... control a device
kill ............................................... Send a signal to a process.
killpg ............................ Send signal to a process or a process group.
link .............................................. Create a new link to a file.
listen ..................................... Listen for connections on a socket.
lseek ................................ Change object pointer's current position.
lstat ......................................................... Get file status.
memcntl .............................................. memory management control
memctl ................................... Change data segment space allocation.
mkdir ................................................. Create a directory file.
mknod ......................... Make a directory, or a special or ordinary file.
mount ...................................................... mount a file system
msgctl ......... Get or set message queue attributes or destroy a message queue.
msgget ........................................... Get message queue identifier.
msgrcv ....................................................... receive a message
msgsnd ......................................................... Send a message.
msgsys ....................................... perform a message queue operation
nfssvc ............... Start an NFS daemon on the socket identified by <socket>.
nice ............................................. Change priority of a process.
open ............................................... open for reading or writing
pathconf .................................. Get configurable pathname variables.
pause ................................ Suspend process until a signal is caught.
pipe ............................................ create an interprocess channel
plock .................................... Lock data, text, or both into memory.
poll ................... Check whether certain conditions exist on open streams.
profil ....................... Set up execution time profiling for this process.
ptrace ........................................................... process trace
putmsg ........................................... Pass a message down a stream.
read ...................................................... Read from an object.
readlink ................................. Read the contents of a symbolic link.
readv .......................................................... Read from file.
reboot ................................... Reboot halts the system processor(s).
recv .......................................... Receive a message from a socket.
recvfrom ...................................... Receive a message from a socket.
recvmsg ........................................ receive a message from a socket
rename .............................................. Change the name of a file.
rmdir .................................................. remove a directory file
sbrk ...................................... change data segment space allocation
select ................................................ Wait for I/O conditions.
semctl ........................................... Semaphore control operations.
semget ................................................ Get a set of semaphores.
semop .................................................... Semaphore operations.
semsys ........................................... perform a semaphore operation
send ............................................. Send a message from a socket.
sendmsg .......................................... Send a message from a socket.
sendto ........................................... Send a message from a socket.
setdomainname ...................................... Set name of current domain.
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setgid .......................... set the real-, effective-, and saved-group-ids
setgroups ............................................... Set group access list.
sethostid ............................... Set unique identifier of current host.
sethostname .......................................... Set name of current host.
setitimer ..................................... Sets one of the interval timers.
setpgid .................................. Set process group ID for job control.
setpgrp .................................................. Set process-group-id.
setpgrp2 ................................................. Set process-group-id.
setpriority ................................... Set process scheduling priority.
setpsr ...................................... Set the processor status register.
setregid ....................... Set the real-, effective-, and saved-group-ids.
setreuid ........................ Set the real-, effective-, and saved-user-ids.
setrlimit .............................. Set system resource consumption limits.
setsid ................................ Create session and set process group ID.
setsockopt .............................................. set options on sockets
settimeofday ................................................ Set date and time.
setuid .......................... Set the real-, effective-, and saved-user-ids.
shmat ........................................... attach a shared memory segment
shmctl ....................................... Shared memory control operations.
shmdt .......................................... Detach a shared memory segment.
shmget .............................................. Get shared memory segment.
shmsys ....................................... perform a shared memory operation
shutdown ........................... Shut down part of a full-duplex connection.
sigaction ..................................... examine and change signal action
sigblock ........................................ Add to set of blocked signals.
sigfillset .................. Fill in the set of implementation-defined signals.
sighold .......... Add a signal to the calling process's set of blocked signals.
sigignore ....................... Set the signal action of a signal to 'ignore'.
signal ....................... Specify what to do upon presentation of a signal.
sigpause clear a blocked signal and suspend the process until a signal is caught
sigpending ............................................ Examine pending signals.
sigprocmask ................................ Examine and change blocked signals.
sigrelse .... Remove a signal from the calling process's set of blocked signals.
sigret .......... Restore the process state to that contained in a signal frame.
sigset ....................... Specify what to do upon presentation of a signal.
sigsetmask ..................................... Specify set of blocked signals.
sigstack .................................. Set and/or get signal stack context.
sigsuspend .................................................. Wait for a signal.
sigvec ....................... Specify what to do upon presentation of a signal.
socket ................................... Create an endpoint for communication.
socketpair ................................. Create a pair of connected sockets.
stat .......................................................... Get file status.
statfs ............................ Get information about a mounted file system.
stime ................................................................ Set time.
swapon ...................... Add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping.
symlink ............................................ create a symbolic link file
sync ............. Synchronize disk and memory resident file system information.
sysconf ..................................... Get configurable system variables.
time .......................................................... Get system time.
times ..................................... Get process and child process times.
truncate ................................ Truncate a file to a specified length.
ulimit ................................................ Get and set user limits.
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umask .......................................... Set and get file creation mask.
umount ............................................ Remove a file system device.
uname ......................................... Get name of current UNIX system.
unlink ............................................... Remove a directory entry.
ustat ....................................... Get file system device statistics.
utime .................................. Set file access and modification times.
utimes .................................. set file access and modification times
vfork ...................... spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
vhangup ........................ Virtually hang up the current control terminal.
wait .............................................. wait for process termination
wait3 ............................. Wait for child process to stop or terminate.
wait4 ............... Wait for the specified child process to stop or terminate.
write ....................................................... write to an object
writev ........................................................ Write on a file.
3. Subroutines and Libraries
intro ................................ introduction to subroutines and libraries
intro ................................ introduction to network library functions
a64l ..................... convert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string
abort .................................................... generate an IOT fault
abs .............................................. return integer absolute value
assert ................................................ verify program assertion
atexit ............................................ register termination routine
bcmp ............................................... compare two areas of memory
bcopy ..................................... Copy bytes from one area to another.
berk_regex ................................. regular expression handler in DG/UX
berk_signal .............................. simplified software signal facilities
bessel ........................................................ Bessel functions
bsearch ........................................... binary search a sorted table
byteorder ................... convert values between host and network byte order
bzero ................................................ Zero a portion of memory.
cfsetospeed ............................................... Baud rate functions.
clock ..................................................... report CPU time used
crypt .............................................. generate hashing encryption
crypt ................................... password and file encryption functions
ctermid ......................................... generate filename for terminal
ctime ................................................ date and time conversions
ctype ....................................................... character handling
curses ....................... terminal screen handling and optimization package
cuserid .................. get the user name associated with the current process
dbm ...................................................... data base subroutines
dg_flock ............. apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file in DG/UX
dial ........................... establish an out-going terminal line connection
directory ................................................. directory operations
div ............................................. compute quotient and remainder
drand48 ................... generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers
drem ............................................. IEEE floating-point remainder
ecvt ................................... convert floating-point number to string
end .................................................. last locations in program
erf ............................ error function and complementary error function
ethers ..................................... Ethernet address mapping operations
exit ......................... Flush buffers and terminate the process normally.
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exp ....................... exponential, logarithm, power, square root functions
exportent ................................. get exported file system information
extended_perror ...................... Print an error message to standard error.
fclose ................................................. close or flush a stream
ferror ................................................. stream status inquiries
ffs .................... Return the position of the first set bit in an integer.
floor ...................... floor, ceiling, remainder, absolute value functions
fopen ............................................................ open a stream
fpgetround ............................. IEEE floating-point environment control
fread ...................................................... binary input/output
frexp ............................... manipulate parts of floating-point numbers
fseek .................................... reposition a file pointer in a stream
ftime ........................................................ get date and time
ftw ........................................................... walk a file tree
gamma ....................................................... log gamma function
getc ....................................... get character or word from a stream
getcwd ............................... get pathname of current working directory
getenv ....................................... return value for environment name
getfsent .................................. get filesystem descriptor file entry
getgrent .................................................. get group file entry
gethostent .............................................. get network host entry
getlogin ........................................................ get login name
getmntent ................................ get file system descriptor file entry
getnetent .................................................... get network entry
getnetgrent ............................................ get network group entry
getopt .................................. get option letter from argument vector
getpass ........................................................ read a password
getprotoent ................................................. get protocol entry
getpw ........................................................ get name from UID
getpwent ............................................... get password file entry
getrpcent ........................................................ get RPC entry
getrpcport ................................................. get RPC port number
gets ................................................ get a string from a stream
getservent ................................................... get service entry
getut ................................................... access utmp file entry
getwd ................................... get current working directory pathname
hsearch .............................................. manage hash search tables
hypot .............................................. Euclidean distance function
ieeefp ............................................ IEEE floating-point routines
index .............. Search for the first occurrence of a character in a string.
inet .................................... Internet address manipulation routines
initgroups ........................................ initialize group access list
insque ..................................... Add an element to a circular queue.
ishex ................................. Determine if a character is hexadecimal.
isnan ............................... test for floating-point NaN (Not-a-Number)
itoa ........................... convert an integer to an ASCII character string
jobs ................................ summary of job control facilities in DG/UX
l3tol ........................ convert between 3-byte integers and long integers
ldahread ................ Read the archive header of a member of an archive file
ldclose ................................................... close an object file
ldfhread ................................ read the file header of an object file
ldgetname .............. retrieve symbol name for object file symbol table entry
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ldlread ........ manipulate line number entries of a common object file function
ldlseek ....... seek to line number entries of a section of a common object file
ldohseek .................... seek to the optional file header of an object file
ldopen ......................................... open an object file for reading
ldrseek ........ seek to relocation entries of a section of a common object file
ldshread .......... read an indexed/named section header of a common object file
ldsseek ............... seek to an indexed/named section of a common object file
ldsyshread ............... read the system header of an executable file in DG/UX
ldtbindex ................ compute index of symbol table entry of an object file
ldtbread .................. read an indexed symbol table entry of an object file
ldtbseek ............................ seek to the symbol table of an object file
locale ................................................... localization routines
lockf .................................................. record locking on files
logname .............................................. return login name of user
lsearch ............................................... linear search and update
main ................................................... Enter a C main program.
malloc .............................................. fast main memory allocator
malloc ................................................... main memory allocator
matherr ................................................ error-handling function
memory ....................................................... memory operations
mkfifo ............................................... Make a FIFO special file.
mkstemp ................................................ make a unique file name
mktemp ................................................. make a unique file name
mlock ......................................... lock (or unlock) pages in memory
mlockall .......................................... lock or unlock address space
monitor .............................................. prepare execution profile
mp ....................................... multiple precision integer arithmetic
multibyte ................................................. multibyte operations
ndbm ..................................................... data base subroutines
nlist ............................................... get entries from name list
perror ................................................... system error messages
popen .......................................... initiate pipe to/from a process
printf .................................................. print formatted output
putc ......................................... put character or word on a stream
putenv ...................................... change or add value to environment
putpwent .................................... write password file entry in DG/UX
puts .................................................. put a string on a stream
qsort ............................................................. quicker sort
raise ............................................................ send a signal
rand ............................................ simple random-number generator
random ........ better random number generator; routines for changing generators
rcmd ....................... routines for returning a stream to a remote command
realpath ........................................... returns the real file name.
regcmp .................................. compile and execute regular expression
remove ................................................. remove a filename entry
remque ................................ Remove an element from a circular queue.
resolver ..................................................... resolver routines
rexec ........................................ return stream to a remote command
rindex .............. Search for the last occurrence of a character in a string.
rpc ................................ library routines for remote procedure calls
rtime .......................................................... get remote time
scandir ....................................................... scan a directory
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scanf .................................................. convert formatted input
setbuf ............................................ assign buffering to a stream
setbuffer ................................ Assign a buffer to a specified stream
setjmp .......................................................... non-local goto
setlinebuf ........................ Assign line buffering for a specified stream
sigsetjmp ..................................................... Non-local jumps.
sigsetops ............................................... manipulate signal sets
sinh ...................................................... hyperbolic functions
sleep ........................................... suspend execution for interval
sputl ................ access long integer data in a machine-independent fashion
ssignal ....................................................... software signals
stdio ................................... standard buffered input/output package
stdipc ............................. standard interprocess communication package
strdup ........................... Copy a string to an allocated area of memory.
strerror ....................... Return a string corresponding to an error code.
string ....................................................... string operations
strtod ............................... convert string to double-precision number
strtol ............................................... convert string to integer
swab ..................... Swap the bytes within each pair of bytes in a string.
syslog ...................................................... control system log
system ................................................... issue a shell command
sysv3_cuserid ............................. get character login name of the user
t_accept .............................................. accept a connect request
t_alloc ........................................... allocate a library structure
t_bind ................................. bind an address to a transport endpoint
t_close ............................................. close a transport endpoint
t_connect ................... establish a connection with another transport user
t_error .................................................. produce error message
t_free ................................................ free a library structure
t_getinfo ............................ get protocol-specific service information
t_getstate ............................................... get the current state
t_listen .......................................... listen for a connect request
t_look ....................... look at the current event on a transport endpoint
t_open .......................................... establish a transport endpoint
t_optmgmt .............................. manage options for a transport endpoint
t_rcv .................... receive data or expedited data sent over a connection
t_rcvconnect ................... receive the confirmation from a connect request
t_rcvdis .................................. retrieve information from disconnect
t_rcvrel .................. acknowledge receipt of an orderly release indication
t_rcvudata ................................................. receive a data unit
t_rcvuderr ................................ receive a unit data error indication
t_snd ............................ send data or expedited data over a connection
t_snddis ................................ send user-initiated disconnect request
t_sndrel ........................................... initiate an orderly release
t_sndudata .................................................... send a data unit
t_sync ........................................... synchronize transport library
t_unbind .......................................... disable a transport endpoint
tcflush ................................................ Line control functions.
tcgetpgrp ...................................... get foreground process group ID
tcsetattr ................................................... Get and set state.
tcsetpgrp ..................................... Set foreground process group ID.
termcap ................................ terminal independent operation routines
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tmpfile ................................................ create a temporary file
tmpnam ...................................... create a name for a temporary file
trig ................................................... trigonometric functions
tsearch ............................................. manage binary search trees
ttyname ................................................ find name of a terminal
ttyslot ..................... find the slot in the utmp file of the current user
ungetc ................................... push character back into input stream
valloc ....................................... aligned memory allocator in DG/UX
vlimit ............................. control maximum system resource consumption
vprintf ...................... print formatted output of a varargs argument list
vscanf ..................... convert formatted input using varargs argument list
vtimes .................................... get information about resource usage
xdr .......................... library routines for external data representation
ypclnt ........................................... Yellow Pages client interface
4. File Formats
intro ............................................. introduction to file formats
a.out .................................. common assembler and link editor output
acct ........................................ per-process accounting file format
ar ............................................ DG/UX common archive file format
cftime ............................................... language specific strings
checklist .................... list of file systems processed by fsck and ncheck
core ................................................. format of core image file
cpio .................................................... format of cpio archive
d_passwd ..................... log-in programs and passwords for dial-up devices
dialups .................................. devices requiring a dial-up password.
dirent ................................. file system independent directory entry
dumptab .................................................... tape table file for
filehdr .................................... file header for common object files
fs .......................................................... file system format
fspec ....................................... format specification in text files
fstab .................................... static information about file systems
gettydefs ............................ speed and terminal settings used by getty
group ............................................................... group file
hfm ................................................... high sierra file manager
holidays ... accounting information used to distinguish prime and non-prime days
inittab ............................................ script for the init process
inode ...................................................... file node structure
issue ................................................ issue identification file
ldfcn ................................. executable file access routines in DG/UX
limits ....................... file header for implementation-specific constants
master .... master file directory and master files containing device information
mfs ......................................................... memory file system
mnttab ...................................... mounted file system table in DG/UX
passwd ........................................................... password file
profile ................................ setting up an environment at login time
rcsfile ..................................................... format of RCS file
reloc .......................... relocation information for a common object file
sccsfile ................................................... format of SCCS file
scr_dump ................................... format of curses screen image file.
sdetab .............................. software development environment data base
syms .................................... common object file symbol table format
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system ................... format of DGC AViiON computer system description file
terminfo .............................. terminal and printer capability database
timezone .......................................... set default system time zone
utmp ............................................... utmp and wtmp entry formats
5. Miscellaneous Features
intro ............................................... introduction to miscellany
ascii ............................................... map of ASCII character set
editread ................................................... command line editor
environ ....................................................... user environment
eqnchar ................ special equation character definitions for eqn and neqn
fcntl ..................................................... file control options
font ............................ description files for device-independent troff
hier ............................................... DG/UX file system hierarchy
man ............................... macros for formatting entries in this manual
math .............................................. math functions and constants
misalign ................................ handle misaligned memory access faults
mm ............................... the MM macro package for formatting documents
mptx ......................... the macro package for formatting a permuted index
ms ...................................................... text formatting macros
mv ................. a troff macro package for typesetting viewgraphs and slides
nterm ........................................ terminal driving tables for nroff
printcap .......................................... printer capability data base
prof ................................................. profile within a function
regexp ........................... regular expression compile and match routines
sde ........................................... software development environment
stat ......................................... data returned by stat system call
syslog.conf ................... configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
term .......................................... conventional names for terminals
termcap .......................................... terminal capability data base
troff ........................................... description of output language
types .............................................. primitive system data types
values ................................................ machine-dependent values
varargs .......................................... handle variable argument list
6. Communications Protocols
unix_ipc .......................... piping communications within a host in DG/UX
7. System Special Files
intro ............................... introduction to DG/UX System special files
cied .............................................. AViiON family disk subsystem
cimd .............................................. AViiON family disk subsystem
cird .............................................. AViiON family disk subsystem
cisc ...................................... AViiON family SCSI adapter subsystem
clone ................................ open any minor device on a STREAMS driver
devtty .......................................... control terminal pseudo-device
dsk ............................................... block special disk interface
err .................................................... error-logging interface
filesystem ............................................ file system organization
grfx .......................... AViiON 300 series workstation graphics processor
hken ................................................... Hawk Ethernet interface
inen ............................................. integrated Ethernet interface
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insc ...................................... AViiON family SCSI adapter subsystem
kbd .............................. AViiON 300 series workstation system keyboard
kmem ..................................................... kernel logical memory
log ....................... interface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing
lp ................................ DGC AViiON family line printer special files
mem ......................................................... main system memory
modemap ............................ mapping of AT&T and Berkeley terminal modes
null ............................................................. the null file
plm ....................................... pseudo lock manager device interface
prf ............................................ DG/UX operating system profiler
pty ............................ pseudo-terminal master/slave pseudo-device pair
rdsk .......................................... character special disk interface
rmt .................................. character special magnetic tape interface
sd ................................................ AViiON family disk subsystem
st ................................................ AViiON family tape subsystem
streamio ................................................ STREAMS ioctl commands
syac ......................... AViiON family intelligent asynchronous controller
syscon ............................ DG/UX operating system console pseudo-device
termio ................................................. AT&T terminal interface
tty ..................................................... BSD terminal interface
wmt ..... pseudo WORM (Write Once Read Multiple optical device) as magnetic tape
8. System Maintenance Procedures
intro ............................ introduction to system maintenance procedures
crash ................................. what to do when the DG/UX System crashes
lpc ............................................... line printer control program
lpd ........................................................ line printer daemon
syslogd ................................................... log systems messages
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